Night Trains® season is a special Holidays tradition at the Twin City Model Railroad Museum. Night Trains runs October 2023 through February 2024 with additional bonus nights noted below. What is Night Trains? The museum’s collection of model trains of all scales and toy trains of yesteryear come alive throughout the Museum (Sorry, no real trains to board and ride on!). Night Trains Season magic begins as the lights are turned down and the buildings and street lights glow warmly, setting the scene for specially lighted models of operating vintage passenger trains. The make believe town of Matlin is buried [...]

Next shows: Saturday, May 11, 2024 from 9 am to 2 pm Saturday, September 14, 2024 from 9 am to 2 pm The Museum typically hosts a semi-annual Model Railroad Show and Hobby Sale at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds – Education Building in Saint Paul in May and September of each year. What will you find there? Operating layouts in several scales! Over 200 tables of new and used scale models; Toy Trains HO, O, 027, N, S, & Z scale plus Antiques, Collectibles, Tools, Books, Videos, Toys, Buildings, Magazines, Prints, Posters, Photos and more! Sale Address: MN State Fairgrounds [...]

The Twin City Model Railroad Museum is hosting a Great Northern slide show at all your favorite Twin Cities train watching spots from 1955 at the end of steam thru 1970. This slide show is all new, and never been seen. The slide show will be the end of steam on the Great Northern and diesels thru 1970 at locations like the Minneapolis and St Paul depots, Dale Street Shops, the Stone arch bridge, Minneapolis Junction, Lyndale yard, the main Great Northern UofM yard Mpls and other locations such as the GN iron range division.   Our keynote speaker will also [...]